Harry Taylor's blog

Last week four men chosen by the Mecklenburg County Commissioners to serve on a bi-partisan panel to study and recommend new voting district boundaries decided instead to undermine the process of which they’d agreed to be a part. Without notice to either the county commissioners or their fellow panel members they made a hasty trip to Raleigh to meet with the leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly. Within hours a bill to bypass the public process already underway was brought to a vote in both houses and passed. And just that quickly, the rights of the citizens of Mecklenburg, Buncombe, and Gilpin Counties were usurped, literally stolen from us for political gain. Whether you lean right, left or somewhere in the middle – where most of us surely are – this action was a direct attack on your democracy, promulgated for unabashed political gain and power. When questioned about the tactic a sitting commissioner responded, “It’s politics.”

In a publicity stunt, Sue Myrick claims that the answer to high gas prices is to drill off the coast of North Carolina. What Myrick won’t say is that her proposal will not reduce the price of gas one single penny.

Thank You BlueNC!

We won Tuesday's primary !

“In my lifetime, I have never felt more ashamed of, nor more frightened by my leadership in Washington, including the presidency...I feel like despite your rhetoric, that compassion and common sense have been left far behind during your administration, and I would hope from time to time that you have the humility and the grace to be ashamed of yourself.”
Harry Taylor to President George W. Bush at a Town Hall Meeting in Charlotte, NC, April 2006

The Senate is taking an important vote on FISA this week, a vote that is it is critical to restoring our civil liberties.

Meanwhile, Sue Myrick offers nothing but fear itself:

Families USA has erected a “Wall of Shame” on their website, and my opponent, Rep. Sue Myrick, (R), NC-09, has earned her place by voting NO to expand kids health care coverage, and NO to override Bush’s veto of this bill.

Back in April 2007, prior to making the decision to run for Congress, I wrote this letter to Rep. Sue Myrick (R), NC-09. Her continued decision to support never-ending war in Iraq, and refusal to take responsibility for the Marissa Strock’s of our nation helped me decide to challenge Rep. Myrick for her congressional seat in 2008.